Rapidly progressive interstitial renal fibrosis in young women: Association with slimming regimen including Chinese herbs

Lancet

Volumn 341, Issue 8842, 1993, Pages 387-391

  Vanherweghem, Jean Louis ^a,e   Depierreux, Michel ^a   Tielemans, Christian ^a   Abramowicz, Daniel ^a   Dratwa, Max ^b   Jadoul, Michel ^d   Richard, Claude ^a   Vandervelde, Dominique ^a   Verbeelen, Dirk ^c   Vanhaelen Fastre, Renée ^a   Vanhaelen, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMPHETAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HERB; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0027512619     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)92984-2     Document Type: Article

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